Extrovert & Introvert (Natepat)

Chapter 1

"Are you ok..?" I heard Mat asked. I shook my head, but I didn't wan to tell him about it. "You can tell him, he won't judge you, hurt you, or tell anyone." Mark whispered quietly. I trusted Mark so I turned to Mat. "Can I trust you?" I asked. "Wh-what..?" he asked, clearly confused. "Just answer the question please.." I said. "Yeah, you can trust me." Mat said.  "Then don't tell anyone about this.." I said quietly before taking off my hood and looked up at him.

(Mat's POV)

Nate took off his hood and looked up at me. He had some cuts on his face and they were bleeding a bit. I felt bad for him, but didn't know what to do. Nate looked away and put his hood back on. "They did that..?" I asked, Nate just nodded and he leaned closer to Mark. I looked at Mark and he smiled slightly at me. He then whispered something to Nate and he nodded. "They've been doing it for awhile now, ever since...." Nate trailed off before finishing his sentence.I looked at them confused. "Since a couple years ago." Nate said, finishing his sentence.

Someone's phone started buzzing. Mark took out his phone, rolling his eyes. He looked at it and sighed then started texting someone. He then put his phone down and looked at us. "Hey, do you guys mind if Jack comes over? He's in town and I haven't seen him in awhile.." Mark said. "I don't mind" I said. Nate sat up a little more and just nodded with out saying a word. Mark picked his phone back up and texted Jack then put his phone down again.

"Hey Mark..do you mind if I stay here for a couple of nights?..If not that's fine.." Nate said. "You can stay for a couple of nights or as long as you want." Mark said. Nate smiled then looked back at the floor. I went to say something to him when there was a knock at the door and Chika jumped off the couch and started barking. Mark got off the couch and went to the door, he came back with Jack and they were both smiling. Jack stopped smiling when he saw the state that Nate was in. By now Nate had a couple of bruises and a black eye. He went over to Nate and hugged him. Nate just sat there not bothering to look at Jack. Jack pulled away then sat down on Mark's lap. He smiled at me and I smiled back. 

Nate got up and we all looked at him. "Where are you going?" Jack asked. "I need to go get some clothes..I should be back shortly unless my mom catches me.." he said then continued to walk out of the house. We all looked at each other then without saying a word we all got up and followed him.

(Nate's POV)

I walked out of Mark's house and started to walk back to my house. The wind blew in my hair and a chill went up my spine. I walked a little faster so I could get there quickly, get my stuff, then go back to Mark's house. I was thinking about the stuff that I was going to need when I felt two hands on my shoulders and pressure on them. I whipped around and saw that it was Mark, Jack, and Mat. Chica was walking with Mark, and her tail was wagging she didn't have a leash on as she didn't need one because she listened to Mark's commands well. I relaxed a little when I saw that it was them. I was mad at them but I didn't show it. I turned around and continued walking.

I saw my house in the distance and I bit my lip, I slowed down until I was walking next to Mark and Chica. "Hey Mark..would you care if I brought my guitar as well?" I asked. "You don't have to ask. Just grab whatever you need then we'll go back to my place." Mark said. I nodded and then went to a tree that was in the front yard.I started to climb it because I'd hate to know what my mom would do if she saw me. I got level with the roof and I started to slowly make my way over to the roof from a branch. When I was close enough to where the branch became super thin I jumped to the roof since it wasn't that far from where I just was. I almost fell off the roof but kept my balance. I carefully made my way to my bedroom window and when I went to open it I realized it was locked. I reached into my back pocket and grabbed my pocket knife and flicked it open. I put the knife in the crack where the lock was. I jiggled it around until I heard a click. I then opened the window slightly and slipped inside.

Once I was in my room I made m way over to some boxes and started to get some clothes. I found a duffle bag and put my clothes in it, then slipped it out my window and beckoned Mark to come over. He did and I dropped the duffle bag and slid it off of the roof . Mark caught it then went back over to Jack and Mat. I went back into my room through the window and grabbed my guitar and put my computer and the charger in the case with the guitar. I shut my window and locked it from the inside.

I put my ear to the door and didn't hear anything. I slowly opened the door and left my room then quietly closed it. I went down stairs and on the third to last stair it creaked. I had never heard the pounding of footsteps as loud and as threatening as those at that moment. I looked up and saw my mom drunk out of her mind. "Well iff it isntmy worthlessson." she said slurring her words. I jumped down the last two stairs when she came thundering down them. I ran out the front door and ran to the others. I grabbed my duffle bag fm Mark when my mom opened the door.

(Mark's POV)

Nathan's eyes grew wide and full of fear when his mom came out of the house. "Run.." I heard him say. We all turned around and started to run to my house, I realized that Chica wasn't next to me and I turned around to see that she was growling and barking at Nathan's mom. I whistled loudly and Chica came running towards me. I turned around and started running again. I bought up to the others and I could just barely hear Nathan's mom. "Get back here you little shits!" she yelled at us. We obviously didn't listen and didn't stop running until we got to my house. Everyone got inside and I locked the door behind us. I went to the living room and saw Mat and Jack on the couch panting, while Nate was on his back. I sat down in front of Jack and Chica laid next to me.

A few minutes later Nate sat up and ran his fingers through his already messy hair. "Shit.." I heard him mutter. "What?" I asked. Nate looked up at me. "It's nothing.." he said then looked away. "Nate, what's up?" I asked, wanting to know what's wrong. "I just left my glasses in my room from when my dad..hurt me.." he said still not looking up. "I can handle a few days without them though." Nate said. "Is that all?" I asked, Nate looked at me and I could tell that there was something else, but he wasn't going to say what it was. We heard a phone ring and Nate instinctively looked at his and slowly got up and went to see who it was. He looked at it and quickly ended the call instead of answering it. He then sighed and I'm assuming he blocked the number. He then came back over and sat down. "So, what do you guys want to do?" Jack asked. I shrugged and wrapped my arms around him. I looked over at Mat and saw that he was sleeping. I looked at Nate and saw him looking at the ground. "Hey Nate, could you play us a song?" Jack asked. Nate looked up at Jack, "Maybe later.." he said, then looked down at the floor again. Jack leaned on me and I reached for the remote and turned to tv on. I changed the channel to Supernatural.

Jack fell asleep halfway threw the episode and so did Nate. I stayed up a little while longer until I finally succumbed to the comforting darkness of sleep.